The canterville ghost

chapter 2

Except for the Strom nothing special happened during the night . but when the day dawned they were surprised to find the terrible stain of blood again on the floor . Now Washington Otis was in doubt. He said that he had washed it with detergent and it had disappeared again completely . Now since it had appeared again in the floor , it must be the job of a ghost . He rubbed out the stain a second time , but the second morning it appeared again . The third morning also it was there, though the library had been locked up at night by Mr Otis himself and the key remained with him.
The whole family now got interested in it. Mr Otis began to suspect the existence of ghost. Mrs Otis expressed her intention of joining psychical society. Washington wrote a long letter to messers myers and podmore on the subject of the permanence of sanguineous stain when connected with crime . that night all doubts about the existence of ghost were removed for ever .
The day had been warm and sunny and so in the cool of the evening , the whole family went out to drive . they did not return home till nine O' clock .So they had a light supper .there was no conversation on ghost . At eleven O'clock The family retired and after half an hour, all the lights were out. After some time, Mrs Otis was awakened by a curious noise in the corridor outside his room .  the sound seemed to be coming nearer every moment. He got up at once, struck a match , and looked at the time . it was exactly one O'clock. He was quite calm and felt his pulse which was not at all feverish. The strange noise still continued and with it, he heard the sound of footsteps. He put on his slippers, took a small phial out of dressing case, and opened the door . Right in front of him, he saw a terrible old man. His eyes were like red burning coals, his long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils, his garments were soiled and ragged, and from his wrists hung heavy chaims.
"My dear sir," said Mr Otis l, "I must insist on your oiling those chaims. And for that purpose, I have brought a small bottle of rising sun Lubricator. It is said to be very  effective. I leave it here for you ."The Minister placed the bottle on a marble table, closed his door and retired to rest .